Category Archives: Main dish

Borsch (Kyiv recipe)

 

Ingredients:

  • 250 g beef
  • 250 g mutton
  • 1/4 cabbage head
  • 4 potatoes
  • 1 big beetroot
  • 0.5 l (litre) beetroot kvass
  • 2 tbsp beans, boiled
  • 2-3 tomatoes
  • 2 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 1 tbsp salo, finely chopped
  • 1-2 bulb onions
  • 1...
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Holodnik (cold soup with tomatoes)

This summer soup is akin to Spanish gazpacho or Russian beetroot soup. However the Ukrainian recipe doesn’t contain beetroot and cucumbers.

If you want to cook something unsubstantial and refreshing in hot weather, holodnik will sell like hot cakes.

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